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Chasing Life

Reducing Loneliness by Lending a Hand

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

There’s tons of evidence that loneliness can have negative impacts on our mental and even physical health. But when it comes to interventions that reduce loneliness, there is far less research. Today on the podcast, we check out what one neighborhood in Brooklyn is doing to bring people safely together during the pandemic, and we check in with an expert on loneliness, Professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad, about new promising research that demonstrates the power of performing small acts of kindness.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So the flyer says that's enough, all caps, very bold.

0:06.1

Pandemic cobblists and solo dwellers anonymous.

0:09.3

We know you're out there.

0:11.3

Come out of hiding for the BYO whatever, plus socially distanced neighbors, winter, social.

0:19.3

That's Kim Carsten Busch, a resident of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

0:23.5

And she's reading a flyer that she put up on lamp posts and construction sites around

0:27.8

her neighborhood.

0:28.8

Put on some damn pants and get your arses over here for this pandemic safe, missing persons

0:34.0

afternoon gathering.

0:37.0

Kim lives alone.

0:39.0

She's been alone throughout this entire pandemic.

0:41.2

And a couple of months ago, she realized it was starting to take a toll.

0:44.9

I'm a me and compromise, so like I've had to be extra careful myself.

0:49.6

And I was actually in a situation where I wasn't comfortable getting together with people

0:54.5

even outdoors in bars or restaurants, because I don't want to take my mask off and have to

0:58.5

eat and drink.

0:59.5

And I was like, well, what can I do?

1:01.8

It just suddenly occurred to me.

1:02.8

I was like, we could get people together in the park, as long as everybody is wearing

1:06.9

masks.

1:07.9

That's something that I would feel comfortable doing.

1:10.2

And there are like zero things I feel comfortable doing.

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